BIOGRAPHY

Sachintha Lokuyaddage is a BSc in Nursing graduate from Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya with a second class upper division. Also she is a registered nursing officer under the Sri Lankan Nursing Council from 2016. Right after finishing the first degree, she has worked as a staff nurse at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Lanka Hospitals pvt Ltd. Then she joined the Open University of Sri Lanka as a Temporary Lecturer  (2016 to 2019). During the stay at the Open University she was appointed as a student counsellor and the academic coordinator of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the Badulla Regional Centre. Further Sachintha contributed as an author for the text books of Public Health Nursing and Management and Professional Development in Nursing.  

From 2020 to 2021 she worked as a Lecturer in Nursing  at the Faculty of Health Sciences in CINEC Campus, Sri Lanka. Sachintha is an Australian qualified trainer and assessor as she followed Australian Qualification Framework Level 4: “TAE40116 – Certificate IV in Training and Assessment” course. At present she is working as a Lecturer (Probationary), Department of Fundamental Nursing, Faculty of Nursing.

 

Currently, she is reading her MPhil at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya. Major areas of the post graduate are hypertension and nutrition. She is interested in conducting research in public health, non-communicable diseases and nutrition.

Qualifications, Fellowships and Certifications

  • B.Sc. 2016

    BSc in Nursing

    Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya

  • Certificate 2019

    Certificate in Human Resource Management at Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences

    The Open University of Sri Lanka

  • Certificate 2020

    Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAE40116)

    Chisholm Institute, Australia (Australian certified trainer and assessor)

  • Training 2020

    Short course in Research Methodology

    CINEC Campus

  • Training 2020

    Ethics Review Committee Workshop

    CINEC Campus

  • Training 2016

    Annual Perinatal Workshop

    Organized by Perinatal Society of Sri Lanka combined with Lanka Hospitals pvt

  • Training 2016

    Workshop on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

    Lanka Hospitals pvt in Sri Lanka

  • Training 2017

    Course Development workshop”, Organized and conducted by Centre for Education

    Technology and Media (CET Me), The Open University of Sri Lanka

  • Training 2014

    Course of Instruction in First Aid and Proficiency Examination

    National St. John Association of Sri Lanka

Positions

  • Present2021

    Lecturer (Probationary)

    Department of Fundamental Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, University of Colombo

  • 20212020

    Lecturer in Nursing

    Faculty of Health Sciences, CINEC Campus

  • 20192016

    Faculty Academic Coordinator

    Faculty of Health Sciences, Badulla Regional Centre, The Open University of Sri Lanka

  • 20192016

    Lecturer (Temporary)

    Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, The Open University of Sri Lanka

  • -2016

    Staff Nurse

    Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Lanka Hospital pvt Ltd.

  • -2016

    Certification of Registration as a Nurse

    (SLNC Registration Number- 12164)